[ python-Bugs-1001018 ] setdefaulttimeout causes unnecessary timeouts on connect err

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Bugs item #1001018, was opened at 2004-07-31 11:07
Message generated for change (Comment added) made by mhammond
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Category: Windows
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
>Assigned to: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Summary: setdefaulttimeout causes unnecessary timeouts on connect err

Initial Comment:
This looks like a bug to me:

>>> import socket, httplib
>>> socket.setdefaulttimeout(10)
>>> httplib.HTTPConnection("www.python.org",
9999).connect()
[.... 10 second delay ....]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "e:\src\python-cvs\lib\httplib.py", line 548, in
connect
    raise socket.error, msg
socket.timeout: timed out
>>>

On Linux, there is no significant delay, and the
traceback reads:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/httplib.py", line 548,
in connect
    raise socket.error, msg
socket.error: (111, 'Connection refused')

The linux result is what I expected on Windows. 
Sockets aren't my strong point, so I'd prefer someone
confirming it is a real bug before I burn too much time
on it.

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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2004-08-02 09:38

Message:
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Guido - it looks like this change was made by you in Rev
1.257.  Can you please confirm the new behaviour is not
correct and I will try and dig a little deeper.

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